I posted my thoughts on the last few days on my facebook page this morning leading with
Real discussions that move the needle on any important issue generally happen off Facebook. Just a few items to address and clarify. It's possible to empathize with young black males being killed on the street by police with impunity and at the same time empathize with police officers losing their lives. Neither should happen in what will be 2015 in a matter of days. It's my definition of humanity.Last week #Blacklivesmatter announced plans to hold a Shutdown Protest on Highway 280 where it intersects the busy Summit shopping center while also having a die-in at the Galleria mall in suburban Hoover later that afternoon. Emotions were stirred throughout the week on social media as we saw frankly many people at their worst in terms of irrational fears and anger based on a lot of deep-seeded racism. Birmingham has we know as a rich history in the civil rights movement which still instantly conjures images of Bull Connor, fire houses, dogs, Martin Luther King and Fred Shuttlesworth.
